The Flight Of Earls-Paddy Reilly

[00:08.10]I can hear the bells of Dublin [00:12.37]In this lonely waiting room [00:16.78]And the paperboys are singing in the rain [00:24.24]Not too long before they take us [00:28.91]To the airport and the noise [00:33.46]To get on board a transatlantic plane [00:41.08]We've got nothing left to stay for [00:45.43]We had no more left to say [00:49.76]And there isn't any work for us to do [00:57.46]So farewell ye boys and girls [01:01.92]Another bloody Flight of Earls [01:06.21]Our best asset is our best export too [01:14.19]It's not murder fear or famine [01:18.69]That makes us leave this time [01:22.81]We're not going to join [01:25.12]McAlpine's Fusileers [01:30.76]We've got brains and we've got visions [01:35.20]We've got education too [01:39.25]But we just can't throw away these precious years [01:46.99]So we walk the streets of London [01:51.73]And the streets of Baltimore [01:55.87]And we meet at night in several Boston bars [02:03.63]We're the leaders of the future [02:08.24]But we're far away from home [02:12.38]And we dream of you beneath the Irish stars [02:19.10] [02:28.63]As we look on Ellis Island and the Lady in the bay [02:37.20]And Manhattan turns to face another Sunday [02:45.19]We just wonder what you're doing to bring us all back home [02:53.89]As we look forward to another Monday [03:01.72]Because it's not the work that scares us [03:06.10]We don't mind an honest job [03:10.22]And we know things will get better [03:13.98]once again [03:18.18]So a thousand times adieu [03:22.67]We've got Bono and U2 [03:26.86]All we're missing is the Guinness and the rain [03:34.96]So switch off your new computers [03:39.21]Cause the writing's on the wall [03:43.78]We're leaving as our fathers did before [03:51.67]Take a look at Dublin airport or the boat that leaves North Wall [04:00.02]There'll be no Youth Unemployment any more [04:08.13]Because we're over here in Queensland [04:12.31]And in parts of New South Wales [04:16.51]We're on the seas and airways and the trains [04:24.70]But if we see better days [04:28.89]Those big airplanes go both ways [04:33.13]And we'll all be coming back to you again [04:41.07]Yes we'll all be coming back to you again [04:49.39]